throw on
To hastily put onTo hastily put on (clothes).
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To hastily put on (clothes).
He threw on a T-shirt and raced outside.
(transitive)To activate, to turn on (a device etc.).
Could you please throw on the lights?
(transitive)To start playing; to put on (a film, song etc.).
I threw on a movie to pass the time.
(transitive)To send or add desperately.
Examples
119 sentencesDon't throw anything on the floor.
Не кидай нічого на підлогу. — deniko
ruНе бросай ничего на пол. — marafon
deWirf nichts auf den Boden! — stefz
Mary threw her purse on the bed.
Мері кинула свою сумочку на ліжко. — deniko
ruМэри бросила сумочку на кровать. — marafon
deMaria warf ihre Handtasche aufs Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Throw another log on the fire.
Tom threw another log on the fire.
ruТом подбросил в огонь ещё одно полено. — Wezel
Tom took off his coat and threw it on the floor.
ruТом снял пальто и бросил его на пол. — marafon
deTom zog seinen Mantel aus und warf ihn auf den Boden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesForms
throws on, throwing on, threw on, thrown onPhrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- throw upрвати, блюватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- throw offупустити, упускатиTo confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- throw outвміти, умітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- throw inздаватися, кидатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, in.
- throw overздаватися, кидатиTo discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- throw awayвикинути, викидатиTo discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
- throw asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
- throw onTo hastily put on (clothes).
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.